Sirach 21:18

ASV Byzantine Text

As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool; And the knowledge of an unwise man is as talk without sense.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hlang ang kah cueihnah tah imrhong neh vai uh, vapsa mai la, a mingnah khaw mingtung phalai pawh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Verbum sapiens quodcumque audierit scius, laudabit, et ad se adjiciet: audivit luxuriosus, et displicebit illi, et projiciet illud post dorsum suum.

Brenton English Septuagint

As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Voor een dwaas is de wijsheid als een vervallen huis; Zijn kennis beperkt zich tot ordeloze woorden.

Douay-Rheims 1899

A man of sense will praise every wise word he shall hear, and will apply it to himself: the luxurious man hath heard it, and it shall displease him, and he will cast it behind his back.

King James Version + Apocrypha

As is a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

As is a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: And the knowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense.

LXX2012 U. S. English

As is a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense.

British English Septuagint 2012

As is a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense.

Revised Version

As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool; And the knowledge of an unwise man is as talk without sense.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Comme une maison qu'on détruit, ainsi est la sagesse pour un insensé. Le savoir d'un homme peu avisé est un discours dénué de sens.

Spanish BLL

Como una casa destruida, así es la sabiduría para el necio. El conocimiento del hombre insensato es hablar sin sentido.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Como una casa que se destruye, así es la sabiduría para el necio. El conocimiento de un hombre imprudente es una charla sin sentido.

Croatian Bible

Kao kuća u ruševinama, takva je mudrost luđaka, i znanje je nerazumnog kao besmislica.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: And the knowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense.

World English Bible (Catholic)

As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool. The knowledge of an unwise man is talk without sense.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool. The knowledge of an unwise man is talk without sense.

World English Bible Classic

As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool. The knowledge of an unwise man is talk without sense.

World English Bible Updated

As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool. The knowledge of an unwise man is talk without sense.

SEPTUAGINTA

ὡς οἶκος ἠφανισμένος οὕτως μωρῷ σοφία, καὶ γνῶσις ἀσυνέτου ἀδιεξέταστοι λόγοι.

Brenton Septuagint

Ὡς οἶκος ἠφανισμένος οὕτως μωρῷ σοφία· καὶ γνῶσις ἀσυνέτου, ἀδιεξέταστοι λόγοι.

Mashi Bible

Nyumpa ya mushaka bwo burhimanya bw’ecihwinja, n’obumanye bw’omusirhe, binwa birhagwêrhi nda na mugongo.

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